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Nonlinear rheology of cellular networks
Charlie Duclut, Joris Paijmans, Mandar M. Inamdar +2
Morphogenesis depends crucially on the complex rheological properties of cell tissues and on their ability to maintain mechanical integrity while rearranging at long times. In this…
Shape programming lines of concentrated Gaussian curvature
D. Duffy, L. Cmok, J. S. Biggins +7
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can undergo large reversible contractions along their nematic director upon heating or illumination. A spatially patterned director within a flat L…
Negative Gaussian curvature from induced metric changes
Carl D. Modes, Mark Warner
We revisit the light or heat-induced changes in topography of initially flat sheets of solid that elongate or contract along patterned, in-plane director fields. For radial or azim…
Blueprinting Nematic Glass: Systematically Constructing and Combining Active Points of Curvature for Emergent Morphology
Carl D. Modes, Mark Warner
Much recent progress has been made in the study of nematic solids, both glassy and elastomeric, particularly in the realm of stress-free, defect-driven deformation in thin sheets o…
Disclination-mediated thermo-optical response in nematic glass sheets
Carl D. Modes, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Mark Warner
Nematic solids respond strongly to changes in ambient heat or light, significantly differently parallel and perpendicular to the director. This phenomenon is well characterized for…
Spherical Foams in Flat Space
Carl D. Modes, Randall D. Kamien
Regular tesselations of space are characterized through their Schlafli symbols {p,q,r}, where each cell has regular p-gonal sides, q meeting at each vertex, and r meeting on each e…